Portage County TEA Party

OHIO TEA PARTY GROUPS TOP IRS TARGETING LIST IN DOCUMENTS RELEASED BY USA TODAY

Kent, Ohio – Late Tuesday, September 17, 2013, USA Today published a story that indicated that “newly uncovered IRS documents show the agency flagged political groups based on the content of their literature, raising concerns specifically about “anti-Obama rhetoric,” inflammatory language and “emotional” statements made by non-profits seeking tax-exempt status. The internal 2011 documents, obtained by USA TODAY, list 162 groups by name, with comments by Internal Revenue Service lawyers in Washington raising issues about their political, lobbying and advocacy activities. In 21 cases, those activities were characterized as “propaganda.” The complete IRS Document can be view at this link: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/17/irs-tea-party-target-list-document/2827925/

At least 10 Ohio groups were named in the documents and were being flagged for “polling members to see who they would vote for”, because their “website is less educational and more emotional commentary”, and they participated in “voter education activities” or were possibly “lobbying”. Ohio TEA Party/Conservative Groups listed in the IRS Documents include the Ohio Liberty Coalition, Sidney Shelby County Liberty Group, Southeastern Ohio 912 Project, Liberty Township TEA Party, Cincinnati 912 Project, Faith and Freedom Coalition of Ohio, Dayton TEA Party, Ohioans for Healthcare Freedom, Portage County TEA Party, and Ohio First for a Better Government.

Tom Zawistowski, Executive Director of the Portage County TEA Party, and former President of the Ohio Liberty Coalition, who first exposed the IRS Targeting in February of 2102, said “The release of these documents shows clearly that there was a coordinated effort by the IRS to target conservative groups across the nation and in Ohio and this was not directed by low level employees in Cincinnati. Furthermore, it is clear that this activity is politically motivated in an effort to deny our members their constitutionally guaranteed rights to free speech, particularly after the Citizen’s United ruling by the Supreme Court. If it were not politically motivated, these cases would have been resolved long before the 2012 election, but instead, as was the case with the Ohio Liberty Coalition, they were intentionally withheld until after the election. We look forward to criminal charges being made against those who orchestrated this outrageous infringement on the rights and privacy of American citizens and to Congress taking action to reign in the power of the IRS and defunding the Taxpayer Advocacy Agency that was created to prevent this type of purely political activity within the IRS and failed to do so.”

The TEA Party is not a political party but a grassroots cultural movement. The movement is educating American citizens about the Constitution and the uniquely American form of self-governance that has made our country so successful. Through this education, the movement is attempting to re-define what it means to be an American citizen, by encouraging individual to vote, to run for office and to attend government meeting in their area so that they can participate in their self governance. The acronym TEA stands for Totally Engaged Americans.

This is appalling and disheartening; it speaks to the election and the mighty government forces that coalesced to drain the energy from a grass roots movement against big government. OTOH, if Romney had won, I fear that we would have slipped back into the “dream” that everything was fine.

Hey, this is really the Baby Boomers paying our dues for the great lives we’ve had. At least, that’s the way I look at it. We’d like to give our children at least the kind of lives we’ve had.

Thank you for your determination and persistence.

anonymous
October 2, 2013 at 3:43 pm

The year is twenty thirteen and America is now to far down the path of Nazi Germany. How we found our way down this road of destruction goes beyond me or you and in fact bigger than our Government parties. 1775–1783 War of Independence the Patriots protested taxes they regarded as a violation of their constitutional rights as Englishmen. We won the war against Great Britain but lost the battle, on December 23, 1913 Republicans where home with their families, the Democratic Party created the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act On Christmas Eve. The first time an income tax was enacted was in 1799 in Great Britain. In August 1914, Henry P. Davison, a Morgan partner, traveled to the UK and made a deal with the Bank of England to make J.P. Morgan & Co. the monopoly underwriter of war bonds for the UK and France. The Bank of England became a “fiscal agent” of J.P. Morgan & Co., and vice-versa. The company also invested in the suppliers of war equipment to Britain and France. Thus, the company profited from the financing and purchasing activities of the two European governments. Thanks President Woodrow Wilson for taking that freedom from us.
Adolf Hitler once said “This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!” Chancellor, Germany, 1933. Adolf Hitler was for gun control and socialism, sounds like Obama and other democrats in Washington D.C. How can it be that our Country be so full of fool or is it that they just don’t care. I for one have always dreamed of freedom and a fair government, and feel the hurt that our forefather’s must have felt. For the people by the people means us and our constitution is to be protected by us from enemy’s near or abroad and that said our Second Amendment gives us that power to form A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. For those you who still believes in Freedom and this great country that I love, stand up – stand up and fight for America and freedom so we can once again we have a government based on the great constitution of the united states of America.

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